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PALLET FOR DRYING BRICKS.

No. 387,405. Patented Aug. 7, 1888-.

ATTORNEY.

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CHARLES T. FITCH, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

PALLET Foe DRYING BRICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,405, dated August7, 1888.

Application filed March 30, 1888. Serial No. 268,979. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. FITCH, of Elizabeth, in the county ofUnion and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Palletfor Drying Brick, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a pallet for drying bricks, and has for itsobject to provide an economical and effective means of piling brick in akiln for the purpose of drying, whereby the brick may be protected andprevented from breaking, and a perfect circulation be obtained over thebrick and between the various rows thereof.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, and Fig. 2 is a transversesection on line a x of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention the end pieces, or those pieces ordinarilytermed the heads, A, are formed of a single piece of metal of suitablewidth bent to rectangular shape, having their ends united at the base bymeans of a rivet, a. Centrally in the sides of the head a recess, a, ismade by depressing said sides upon the outer surface. 7

The heads are connected by means of angle side strips, B, the verticalmembers of which are made to enter the recesses a of the head, and aresecured thereto by means of rivets or equivalent fastening devices, therecess a being of sufficient depth only to receive the said members ofthe side irons, in order that the outer side face of the strip and theouter face of the vertical member of the side iron may be essentiallyflush.

A bench, D, is made to rest upon the horizontal members of the angularside irons, B, and is held in position and secured by turning the edgesof the said bench over the outer longitudinal edges of the horizontalmembers of the angle side irons and in beneath the same. The bench Dmay, if found desirable, be perforated; but ordinarily the said benchconsists of a single plain strip of metal.

At the intersection of theends of the head an angular strip, E, isattached by the same rivet attaching the said ends, the vertical memberof which strip E-is made to project outside the head, forming alocking-lip, c.

It will be understoodthat the several parts of this pallet areconstructed of metal, and that the side pieces and the bench may be ofany desired length, and that the heads may be made of any suitablewidth.

In operation, the bricks having been placed upon the bench and suitablespaces being left between the bricks, the said bench is placed withinthe kiln, a number of benches forming the foundation for the tiers. Theother benches filled with bricks in thesame manner are placed upon thebottom benches, the lockinglips e projecting over the upper outer endsurface of the head, preventing lateral play of the benches andconsequently any disturbance of the bricks.

As heretofore stated, the angular side pieces are attached centrally tothe head. The space between the bench and the upper portion of the headis more than the height of the brick adapted to be piled upon the saidbench. Thus as one pallet is piled upon another a space is obtainedbetween the upper surface of the brick and the under surface of thebench above, affording a ready and convenient means for the circulationof the heated air over the bricks as well as through the side spaces. Bythis means the brick are readily manipulated without danger of breakageand held in the kiln in a very favorable position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with rectangular head pieces, ofangular side pieces connecting said head pieces and a horizontal benchresting upon said side pieces and secured thereto, substantially asherein shown and described.

2. The combination, with rectangular head pieces, and side piecesconnecting said head pieces formed as angle-irons, and a benchhorizontally supported upon the horizontal members of the saidangle-iron, the longitudinal edges of the bench being turned over thelongitudinal edges of the horizontal members of -2 frames theangle-irons, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. lhe combination, with head pieces provided with central sidedepressions upon their outer face, of angle-irons connecting the saidheads and attached in said recesses, a bench supported upon thehorizontal member of said angleirons between the heads, the longitudinaledges ofthe said bench being bent over the longitudinal edges of thehorizontal members of the angle-irons, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

4. The combination, with head pieces each provided with a central recessor depression in I its outer face, and an gle-irons connecting said :5head pieces, of a bench supported horizontally upon the said angle-ironsbetween the heads, the longitudinal edges of which bench are bent overthe longitudinal edges of the angle-irons, and a locking-lip secured tothe base of the 20 head, adapted to project vertically downward outsideofthe said head pieces, as and for the purposes specified.

(III A RLES '1. FITCH.

\Vi tn esses:

A. (J. VANDERVEER, J. R. OGDEN.

